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#3487899 - 01/05/12 05:04 AM Now THAT'S a hybrid!
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#3488013 - 01/05/12 07:28 AM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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I think that would be a bit dangerous
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#3488044 - 01/05/12 08:13 AM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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#3488268 - 01/05/12 12:51 PM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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That takes place between my home and my job .

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#3488282 - 01/05/12 01:05 PM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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Dangerous and complicated... Three rotors and four engines... Wow.

You have to wait for the turbofans (might be small turboshafts) to stop turning before you egress the aircraft, or that would be one hell of a dangerous egress. God forbid if you trip...

Does not seem practical to me. Speed increase is nice, I'm sure, whatever it may be... But huge increase in fuel consumption, maintenance, consumables, etc. Would this be worth a small range and speed increase?

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#3488393 - 01/05/12 02:59 PM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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Looks like a good idea to me.
Gets rid of the silly tail rotor and gives a useful boost in speed. Not for everyone but in the right application it'd be hard to beat.
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#3488610 - 01/05/12 09:01 PM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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Hey..they stole that music from Project 10 didn't they? wink

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#3488668 - 01/06/12 12:47 AM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: Skater]
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Originally Posted By: Skater
Dangerous and complicated... Three rotors and four engines... Wow.

-Skater

Where are you finding four engines? It has two, like many other helicopters:
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The X3 demonstrator is equipped with two turboshaft engines that power a five-blade main rotor system and two propellers installed on short-span fixed wings.
from : http://www.eurocopter.com/site/en/press/_719.html

So, you have two engines driving a couple of gearboxes, which feed one main rotor and two propellers - that's only one spinning thing more complex than a normal helicopter. Doesn't seem like such a dangerous leap to me.

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#3488760 - 01/06/12 05:52 AM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: 531 Ghost]
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I believe the main rotor is geared to slow down at higher speeds?

Anyway, that's no hybrid. It doesn't have batteries that charge via the brakes, it doesn't have green eyes, and its mom's not from Earth while its dad's from Vulcan.



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#3489121 - 01/06/12 03:11 PM Re: Now THAT'S a hybrid! [Re: Jedi Master]
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Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
I believe the main rotor is geared to slow down at higher speeds?


It'd be easier to just throttle-back the main engine to do that.
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